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Definition of Looper
1. Noun. Small hairless caterpillar having legs on only its front and rear segments; mostly larvae of moths of the family Geometridae.
Definition of Looper
1. n. An instrument, as a bodkin, for forming a loop in yarn, a cord, etc.
Definition of Looper
1. Noun. An instrument or tool, as a bodkin, for forming a loop in yarn or cord, etc. ¹
2. Noun. An inchworm or measuring worm. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Looper
1. one that loops [n -S] - See also: loops
Medical Definition of Looper
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1. An instrument, as a bodkin, for forming a loop in yarn, a cord, etc.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Looper
Literary usage of Looper
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Among the Moths and Butterflies: A Revised and Enlarged Edition of "Insect by Julia Perkins Ballard (1902)
"A BLACKBERRY looper. ON July 17, 1884, I secured from a blackberry a very
curious "looper" caterpillar. He was of a mulberry-brown color mottled and ringed, ..."
2. A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous Or Parallel Expressions by Richard Soule, George Holmes Howison (1891)
"Geometer, looper, green looper, 4. Gloomy, sad, dismal, morose, discontented,
austere. Spar, v. n i. Box. SOOT, va I. Make acid, turn sour. 5. ..."
3. A Manual of Forestry by William Schlich (1907)
"... or Pine looper-Motti). a. Description. Moth with a wing-expanse of 35 mm.
$ bright yellow, with a sharply-defined area at the tip of the fore-wings and ..."
4. Insect Pests of Farm, Garden and Orchard by Ezra Dwight Sanderson (1921)
"The Celery looper * This species is very closely related to the cabbage looper
... According to Forbes and Hart it is more common than the cabbage looper in ..."
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